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Huge investments have been flowing into the agriculture sector in recent years, making it increasingly competitive.

The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has proposed to reduce its stake in many strategic seaports.

Global value chains (GVCs) development and cooperation, and promotion of SMEs’ integration into GVCs have been high on agenda and supported by APEC member economies, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.

Quang Nam province has put into operation Chu Lai Port as a key logistics hub for the central and Central Highlands region after a one-year upgrade and expansion.

Customs officials at all airports and seaports in the country will strengthen supervision and inspection of all goods, luggage and cargo transported via the ports, an official said.

Cutting transportation costs will be vital to enhancing the competitiveness of the logistics industry, the Vietnam Logistics Business Association has said.

Ho Chi Minh City has proposed building 10 new inland container depots to reduce the overload of traffic on roads as well as enhance connectivity among roads leading to seaports in the city.

The Government is preparing a financial support plan for traders and fishermen who could not sell frozen fish due to the toxic spill from the Formosa steel plant off the coast of four Central province

The Vietnam Ship Building Industry Corporation (SBIC) said it will auction off about 4.479 million shares in the PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard JSC (PV Shipyard) on October 21.

Samsung SDS, the Korean conglomerate’s information and communications technology (ICT) and logistics arm, will enter the Vietnamese market through a joint venture with Aviation Logistics Service (ALS)

Authorities and experts are considering a master plan to comprehensively develop the logistics industry that fully utilises the city’s advantages and meet urgent and long-term requirements.

President Tran Dai Quang has hoped that Japanese businesses will increase investment in Vietnam, especially in developing hi-quality infrastructure and support industry.

Opportunities to invest in Vietnam’s garment and textile industry were introduced to representatives from nearly 70 Indian textile and garment companies at a conference held in Coimbatore on June 2.

There will be 270,000 jobs available in HCM City next year, half of them new ones, the city's Human Resource Forecast and Labour Market Information Centre has reported.

Shipping services have been developing in recent years, however, the service still has not caught up with the development of Vietnam's e-commerce sector.

Transforwarding Warehousing Joint-Stock Corp, or Transimex-Saigon, has officially put into operation the first international standard logistics centre in Hoa Cam Industrial Zone (IZ).

VPBank has become the first ever Vietnamese business to have received the 2015 Best Practices Award in the Enterprise Data Management Strategies.

The scale of Vietnamese businesses has decreased with the average registered capital of a newly-established firm till July this year being 6.2 billion VND (284,400 USD).